The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-03-08
Knox County Lime and other Indus=-
tries.

tries.
In my art Gle on the lime Industry Janu-
ary 18th, the types made me say that Cam
den and Rockport produced 10000 casks. IL
should have been $4,000 casks-the product
Of eleven kilns from Jan. /, 1886, to Jan. 4.
1887. OF this number, Messrs. Carlton, Nor
wood & Co. own five, 7. E. & II. S. Shep-
herd three, q. f. Burgess q Son two, G. T..
Carlton two, o. p. Shepherd one, J. Ii.
Eells one. The Lime Rock Railroad viii
bring the rock from the quarries to major
ity Of the above kilns. Now ii is finished
and tested the parties interested are per-
fectly satisfied with it. The Camden and
Rockport lime all has good record, both at
home and abroad The Jacobs lime."
which has been manufactured nearly 100
years, has national reputation. The party
from whom it acquired its name was Samuel
Jacobs, who moved to this town from Seit-
uate, Mass, In 1892, and bought the tract
known as the Jacobs farm" At an early
date writer said of this lime, "The Jacobs
lime is made from the hardest stone, and
makes the most beautiful white finish, and
commands the highest market price In New
York, where ii Is nsed for costly edihces I"
and history tells us that in 1917 Capt. John
Welch carried In his vessel 800 casks Of this
lime to Washington, ID. c., which were used
in building the capitol This quarry was
operated until 1866 by different parties,
when q. +. Burgess, Esq, bought one sec
tion Of 1t. and Messrs Carlton, Norwood q
Co. the other. Mr.. Burgess has operated his
section ever since, taking out rock for from
$1,000 to $4,000 barrels Of first quality "Ja-
cob's lime" year, and such Is Its good rep
utation that with all the modern facilities
for manufacturing, the demand exceeds
the supply. one party alone buying from
40, 900 to $1,000 barrels year.
When Mr.. Burgess commenced manufac-
turing Jacobs lime" twenty-One years ago,
he burned from 1900 TO 10000 barrels a
year. The business, however, has steadily
increased, until now he takes from his
quarry rock for from 10000 TO $1,000 casks
yearly. His quarries are ON his home farm
about three-fourths Of mile from his kiln
at Roekport. He has used the brand Jacobs
lime" for about q years, so that his brand Is
older than that Of any other living manufac-
turer, and has used it upon nothing but lime
burned from the Jacobs" quarry. He owns
a quarry in the west part Of the town at the
foot Of Mt. Pleasant, which he operates, but
brands that 'Mount Pleasant lime.
Messrs. Carleton, Norwood & Co. have
operated their section Of the Jacobs quarry
extensively ever since they acquired It, and
have had extensive sales. Last year they
added patent kiln at tide water, Camden,
and the rock to supply 1t Is brought from
this quarry; This enterprising firm have
built at R0ekport many large vessels. The
Frederick Billings, launched from there last
.rason, was the largest vessel ever built In
Maine.
Alessrs. s. Z. 4 Fl. l.. Shepherd are one Of
The energetic and reliable firms of R0ckport,
aud are largely interested in lime and ship
ping interests. The success of the Lime
rock railroad Is largely due to their efforts.
The ROckp0rt Ice Company, Gen. J0hnsD.
Rust manager, do large business In lee
and lumber. They are filling their extensive
Ice houses which have a capacity Of 10000
tons, and shipping large quantities from the
state 10 Southern ports, and are also ship
and other West India ports. They shipped
last week 800 tons Of ice to Norfolk; 500
tons TO Portsmouth and 500 tons to Savan-
nah, an average weekly shipment. Messrs.
Carleton & Co. also shipped 557 tons Of Ice
To Galveston.
Granite, one Of the large productions Of
<nOx county, i will briefly notice: From
the year 1871 TO 1886 In the towns Of Vinal-
haven, Hurricane and Dix Island, South
Thomaston and st. George which Of course
represents the largest granite territory,
III Is estimated there have been quarried
aud shipped fifteen millions cubic feet, re-
presenting q value OF twenty-five millions
1--WE hundred thousand dollars. OF the sum
total Of the product In the past fifteen years,
abOr Is represented In sixteen millions five
hundred thousand and stock, material used
Ia manufacturing, and interest on the plant
in five millions five hundred thousand dol.
lars. In the estimate Of the product for the
time stated the manufacture OF an approx.
mate quantity Of ten millions street paving
blocks is not included. The total quantity
OF the entire product has required the trans
| portation OF one million two hundred thou
sand tons, or eighty thousand tons annual
| ly." G.. IL. III.
Camden, March 8, 1887.